Senior Manager

**Function**
- Technology Product & Platform Management

**Sub function**
- Technical Product Management

**Category**
- Senior Manager, Technical Product Management (PL8)

**Location**
- Beerse / New Brunswick / Belgium / United States of America

**Date posted**
- May 26 2025

**Requisition number**
- R-006960

**Work pattern**
- Hybrid Work

Description

**Job Function**:
Technology Product & Platform Management
** Job Sub Function**:
Technical Product Management
** Job Category**:
People Leader
** All Job Posting Locations**:
Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
** Job Description**:
This position is responsible for the Technology strategy development for Treasury. The role provides oversight and direction for multiple initiatives, driving global strategy development as well as the planning, execution/implementation and operational aspects of all areas supporting a wide variety of business and Technology initiatives. The position requires a deep understanding of Finance and Treasury policies, procedures, regulation requirements, Technology platforms / capabilities and operational support. The key focus is on delivering strategic and innovative solutions to the business while ensuring operational excellence.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS ROLE INCLUDE**:
**Strategy**
- Sets a clear vision for the product and is responsible for multi-generation product strategy
- Maximizes ROI by identifying and prioritizing the product features by business value Define, ensure alignment and execute global strategies and solutions; partner with the business to identify opportunities for using technology as an enabler to improve, automate, simplify business processes and optimize total cost of ownership. Continuously manage business partner expectations.

**Business Technology Interface**
- Understand the business's needs and priorities from the product
- Negotiate with the business to see what items (story points) are built and which are backlogged based on capacity
- Accountable for the development work getting done correctly
- Participate in the business planning activities by identifying future business demand and ensuring appropriate funding is in the business plan. Drive business process improvement initiatives and champion the change management efforts of Technology initiatives within the business partner community

**Business Requirements Analysis**
- Partner with the business to understand and define business drivers and requirements of the initiated program(s)/project(s). Ensure design gap analysis and prototyping, test script authoring and execution, and deployment activities as needed. Understands development estimates and how levels of effort impact the priority of requirements

**Program oversight**
- Tracks progress of all Treasury system development in the context of the larger Treasury project portfolio.
- Prepare and deliver regular updates and communications (verbal and written) to the Business and Technology Leadership teams, and extended business partners.
- Has a combination of global and regional accountability depending on product line scope. Ensure Service Level Agreements are established and meet expectations of the business partners.

**Team Development**
- Lead projects of medium to large complexity, and act as Liaison between the various Technology organizations to ensure successful delivery of initiatives to the business partners.
- Provide coaching/guidance to peers, junior team members, co-ops and/or consultants.

**Vendor Management**
- Interact with suppliers and vendors to evaluate software, hardware, or services and make recommendations. Partnering with Vendors to ensure compliance with J&J standards, policies and procedures
- Ensure that J&J information assets are appropriately identified and valued and are protected by complying with and enforcing all local and worldwide security policies. Ensure that security is considered and emphasized in all Technology plans and actions

**PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE**:

- Master’s degree in the field of Information Technology or Computer Science.
- 10 years+ of experience with implementation and maintenance of Treasury solutions (SAP,SWIFT etc).
- Experience with 1+ full cycle of S/4 HANA implementation for Finance.
- 3+ years of people management experience.
- Experience in managing matrix-based project teams including internal resources and contractors.
- Experience in managing complex global projects, processes and systems.
- Business case/value case management experience.
- Hands-on disciplined project management skills.
- Experience with software validation in regulated environments.
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team and manage work in accordance with full system lifecycle (SDLC) from concept to production deployment.
- Proficiency in explaining technologies effectively to customers, communicating technical concepts in non-technical terms.
- Experience in agile / agile scrum methodology.
- Experience